Device for handling train orders and messages.



I v S. KIPP.

DEVICE FOR HANDLING 'TRAIN ORDERS AND MESSAGES. APPLIOATIOfi FILED JUNE 1, 1909.

' 932,873, Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

1/ Insane:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DEVICE FOR HANDLING TRAIN ORDERS AND MESSAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Alig. 3]., 1909. Application filed June 1, 1909. Serial No. 499,323.

outer end of this arm is To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Kiri, acitizen of the United States of America, resid ing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and vented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Handling Train Orders and Messages, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a device for handling train orders and messages, and the invention has for its primary object to provide a. simple and inexpensive device by which train orders or messages can be safely delivered to a moving train bya person or delivered from the moving train to the person, in either instance, the train order or message being salely transmitted without injury to the message or the parties receiving and deliverii'ig the same.

Another object of this invention is, to provide a device for handling orders and messages with a yieldable arm and a yieldable connection permitting of an order or message being quickly released from the device when caught by the receiver.

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained by a device that will be presently described in detail and then claimed, and reference will now he had to the drawing forming part of this application, wherein there is illustrated a preferred BillbOtllliiClitot' the invention, but it is to be understood that the structural elements thereof can be varied or changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

In the drawing, Figure l is an elevation of the device, and Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the line XX of Fig. l.

in the drawings, 1 designates a stall haviug one end thereof provided with av handle 2, and theopposite end tapered, as at. 3, and provided with a transverse notch lin the upper end thereof.

5 designates a yieldable tapering arm hinged to oneside ol the statl' l, as at (5, the provided with a transverse notch 7.

8 designates a coil spring having the ends 9 thereof extending through the mast 1 adb'tate of Pennsylvania, have 111- adapted to contain an order or message, said envelop or package having two perforations or openings 11 through which extends an endless cord, or flexible holder 12. The cord 1 is placed in the notches 4 and 7 and is frictioually held between two of the convoliitions of the spring 8, whereby that portion of the cord or holder supporting the envelop or package 10 will represent the hypotenuse of the angle formed by the remainder of the cord, or the staff and the arm thereof.

With the statt 1 held in the 1 nd, the device can be extended toward a rack upon which a train is approaching, the device being held at an elevation, whereby the cord or holder 12 can be gripped or hooked by the hand or arm of an engineer, conductor, or similar traininen, having authority to re ceive the order or message. I

The cord or holder 12 is adapted to quickly release itself from the yieldable connection 8, and from the notches 4 and 7, and the arm 5 is hinged, so that the said arm can move in one direction relative to the staff, should it be necessary in the removal of the cord or holder 12. The arm 5' is held at right angles to the stall 1, by the cord or holder 12, and immediately swings into parallelism with the staff 1, when released by the cord or holder 12. The arm is hinged whereby the outer end thereof will assist in maintaining the order holder or cord taut, also permitting of the device being folded to occupy a comparatively small space in shipment or storage.

The statt' 1 and the arm 5 can be made of wood er metal and of any desired length, while a suitable material can be used -for the cord or holder 12.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, is

l. A device of the type described, comprising a stall, a movable arm carried there by, and an order holder detachably connected to said statf and said arm.

2. A device of the type described, C0111- prising a statt', an arm niovably connected to said staff, and an order holder detachably connected to said stafi' and adapted to ex tend over the outer end of said arm.

3. A device for delivering train orders and messages, comprising a cord, means for jacent to the hinged end of the arm 5; the maintaining said cord in a triangular form,- coiivolutions oi said coil spring constituting said means including a stall, andan arm cara yieldable connection. l0 designates an envelop or package ried by said staff.-

4. An order holder consisting of the fol- LOO ' messages,

staff,v an arm,

lowing elements, to Wit;-a

said stafi and and a cord adapted to engage arm and maintain an order in a position to be readily gripped.

5. A device for deliverin train orders and connected to said staff, a yieldable connectioircarried by said staff adjacent to said said stafi? andhaving the outer end thereof provided with a notch, a yieldable conneetion carried by said staff adjacent to said arm, and an order holder adapted to engage comprising a stad, a movable arm in said notches and be frictionally held by said yieldable connection.

7. A device for handling train orders and messages, comprising a stafl having the upper end thereof provided with a notch, an arm hinged to said staff and having the outer end thereof provided With a notch, a coil spring carried by said staii adjacent to said arm, and an endless order holding cord arranged in said notches and between two of the eonvolutions of said spring, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

y SAMUEL KIPP.

Witnesses:

A. II. Rnlssre. R. L. linnnmu'ron. 

